The Local Economist: Winning New Business Opportunities

Dinner & Networking for Business Development Executives

Thursday, September 12, 2024
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM

21c Museum Hotel Kansas City
219 W 9th St, Kansas City, MO 64105

Barlow Research Associates, RelPro, and Vertical IQ are pleased to invite you to our exclusive upcoming dinner. Please join us and your fellow Midwest Executives in Financial and Professional Services as we discuss how being an expert on your local economy can help you build trusted relationships with business owners and win more business opportunities.

The evening will include perspectives and roundtable discussions on:
  • How to navigate the current economic environment to retain business client relationships and win new business opportunities
  • Which insights are essential to know about your local economy
  • How business development professionals are leveraging market research, industry data, and sales intelligence to build effective strategies for engaging with local business owners

Join Us!

Please Register by September 5th

Note: Your contact information will be shared between the host companies, Barlow Research Associates, RelPro, and Vertical IQ.

Meet Your Hosts!

Joel Mueller

Managing Partner & Research Director
Barlow Research Associates

Andrea Moore

Client Executive
Barlow Research Associates

Martin Wise

Chief Executive Officer
RelPro

Sara Allen

Chief Growth Officer
RelPro

Bobby Martin

Chief Executive Officer
Vertical IQ

Susan Bell

Chief Sales Officer
Vertical IQ

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Headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., Vertical IQ is a nationally recognized leader in Industry Intelligence. Whether they’re pitching a local brewery or a national biotech, successful sales, marketing, and customer success teams use Vertical IQ to better understand a prospect’s or customer’s business challenges before, during, and after meetings. Covering more than 540 distinct industries, 3,400 local economies, and more than 97 percent of the U.S. economy, Vertical IQ equips users with the confidence and credibility to make memorable first impressions and sustain enduring relationships.

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RelPro is a Business Development & Relationship Management solution for professionals in Financial Services and Professional Services. RelPro is used at 50% of the top 50 US Banks, leading Advisory firms, and many regional/ community banks in their Business Banking, Commercial Banking and Wealth Management businesses. It’s RelPro’s coverage of SMB’s (>$1 mm revenues), data quality (e.g. accurate contact details for financial decision makers) and time-saving workflow integration (20 data partners integrated into RelPro, including UCC, CRE, 9900 & 5500 filings; & PPP & SBA loans, and more) that our clients find so valuable.

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Since 1980, Barlow Research Associates, Inc. has been dedicated to providing in-depth market research for the commercial Financial Services sector. With a 90% client retention rate and enduring relationships with some of the largest financial institutions in the United States, Barlow has a finger on the pulse of the industry—and its customers.

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